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E m N K N M E P P n T Aw R c m I C Original Filed Feb. 16. 1929 July 19, 1932.

Reissued July 19, 1932 UNITED STATES' CHARLES A. PENN, DEOEASED, LATE OF NEW YORK, N. Y., BY THE AMERICAN TOBACCO PATENT OFFICE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNEE, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY creannr'rn racemes Original No. 1,759,366, dated May 20, 1930, Serial No. 340,503, filed February 16, 1929. Application for reissue filed April 22,1932. Serial No. 607,014.

This invention is an improvement in cigarette packages, and more particularly in a package designed to conform in appearance to that of a. package of a selected smoking tobacco.

Many smokers prefer to make their own cigarettes, and certain types of smoking tobacco have been widely advertised and are known practically wherever cigarettes are smoked as designed for a filler in hand made cigarettes. V

In order to enable the advertising of the brand of smoking tobacco and the fame of said tobacco to inure to the benefit of the same tobacco when in cigarette form, it is de-' bacco in the form of cigarettes, in a package conforming in appearance to that of the original package of the'brand of smoking tobacco, and having in connection therewith certain characteristics of the form.

Another object is the provision of a package of the character in question having in connection therewith a pendant, in the form of a cord and an attached tag, designed to resemble a bag of smoking tobacco with a tag. Another object is the provision of a string and tag, designed to simulate the draw string of a be so connected with'the package that when t e draw string is partially detached from the package, the end of the package will be opened to enable access to the cigarettes.

Another object is the provision of a package of cigarettes shaped, and having in condrawing, and pointed out in the claims appended hereto, it being understood that vari- .of cigarettes,-prior to the closing of the end,

and with. a part broken away.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the first step of folding.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a part of the package, showing the top folded.

Fig. 4 is a similar View with the stamp in place and one end of the cord connected.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a part of the package showing the method of placing the outer wrapper, usually of transparent paper.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the completed package.

Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the first step in the operation of opening the package.

Fig. 8 is a similar view .of a part of the the foil wrapper is closed usually by pushing in the end folds indicated at 3 and 4, onto the ends of the cigarettes, and afterwards pushing in the side folds 5, and securing them together.

In the present arrangement, one of the end folds 4 is separated from the side folds 5 by slits indicated at 6, andprior to the folding of thefold 4 a cord 7, of the type used as draw strings for tobacco bags, is placed across the package end, just inside of the fold 4. The fold 4 is now folded down upon the cigarette ends and the cord.

The package so formed is placed in the shuck, as shown in Fig. 3, after which the revenue stamp 9 is placed across the sealed folds 5, and one end of the cord 7 is secured to the stamp and to the folds 5, in any suitable man- I ner, as for instance, by paste. Afterwards the glassine wrapper 10 isplaced, and the open end is folded in the same manner as the is attached, is-pushed in with the fold, so that the shuck about the package,

it lies partly beneath the fold, as shown in Fig. 6, wherein that part of the cord'which' is covered, is indicated in dotted lines. The tag 14 may be attached to the cord in any suitable manner, as for instance, in the manner shown, or by passing the cord through an The tag bears advertisopening in the tag. ing matter of the same character as is found on the corresponding tag of a bag of smoking tobacco.

In opening the package, the cord is pulled outward, and breaks the transparent wrapper. Further outwardpulling upon the cord cuts the inner wrapper and the outer wrapper along the lines indicated at 15 in Fig. 7 but leaves the pendant, that is, the cord and tag attached.

In practice, the cigarettes arepackaged by machlnery, which forms the wrapper 1 about a suitable number of cigarettes, inserts the package so'formed into the shuck, or folds applies the stamp and the glassine wrapper. The tearing cord may be placed by the same machinery, so that the entire operation of wrapping and placing the cord is automatic. The end of the package is usually sealed by wax, and this wax holds the connected part of the cord to the package.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A cigarette package having at one end a fold free at its side edges from the adjacent folds, a tearing cord lying beneath said fold, said cord having a portion connected with the folded end of the package and another portion connected with a tag.

2. A package of cigarettes designed to simulate a bag of smoking tobacco of a stand ard brand provided with a draw string having a tag at the free end thereof, the package being of substantially the shape and size of the bag, and including an inner and an outer wrapper folded at one end of the cigarettes, the inner wrapper having a fold free at its side edges from the other folds, a tearing cord having the intermediate portion thereof covered by the free fold, one of the ends of the cord being secured to the folded end of the inner wrapper, and that portion of the other end adjacent to the free foldand afterwards tremity of the cord free, said extremity being provided with a tag.

3. A cigarette package including an inner wrapper and an outer wrapper,the inner wrapper having at one end a fold free at its side edges from the adj cent fold, a tearing cord having the; intermediate portion thereof lying beneath said fold, one of the ends of the cord being connected to the folded and of the inner wrapper, and that portion ofthe other end adjacent to the free fold being folded in with the adjacentfold of the outer wrapper, leaving the extremity of said end free, whereby when the said end is drawn outward both folds will be separated'to en able access to thecig'arettes.

4. A package of cigarettes designed to simulate, a bag of smoking tobacco of a standard brand, provided with a draw-string having a tag at the free end thereof, the package being of substantially the shape and size of the bag, and including an inner and an outer wrapper folded at one end of the cigarettes, V the inner wrapper having a fold free at its side edges from the other fold, a tearing cordhaving the intermediate portion thereof covered by the free fold, and that portion of'one end of the cord adj acent to the free fold being folded inwardly beneath the adj acent fold of the outer wrapper, leaving the extremity of the cord free, said extremity being provided with a tag.

5. A cigarette package including an inner wrapper and an outer wrapper, the inner wrapper having at one end a fold free at its side edges from the adjacent fold, a tearin cord having the intermediate portion thereo lying beneath said fold, and that portion of one end of the cord adj acent'to the free fold being folded in with the adjacent fold of the outer wrapper, leaving the .extremity of said end free, whereby when the said end is drawn outward both folds will be separated to enable access to the cigarettes.

- '6'. A cigarette package having at one end a fold free at its side edges fromthe adjacent folds, a tearing cord having an intermediate portion lying beneath said fold, said cord having one end portion connected to the fold-..

ed end of the package and the other free end portion pendant.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 21st day of April, 1932.

THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, Auignee of CHARLES ALPENN (Deceased), I By J. R. CUMMINGS,

' Assistant Secretary.

being folded inwardly beneath the adj acent fold of the outer wrapper, leaving the ex- 

